The IUC Nurse, 2024
Duke Asidere is one of Nigeria’s most significant contemporary painters. He he belongs to a generation of artists for whom technical seriousness is paramount.
Duke Asidere (b. 1961, Lagos, Nigeria) is one of Nigeria’s most significant contemporary painters. Trained at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and Auchi Polytechnic, he belongs to a generation of artists for whom technical seriousness is paramount. His practice is characterized by a fluent movement across media and a deeply structured approach to abstraction and figuration. Over forty years, he has developed a unique visual language that records the intersections of personal memory and social observation.